Higher Score Gaming

Epic is into everything, Tina ISN'T so tiny after all, and MKB finally figures out how to review video games. Welcome Alchemy7, Donutmonkeyy, and MKB to another episode of banter and ranting for your listening enjoyment. Tons of news, upcoming community event information, and mailbax hijinx. Come join us!

HSG's back. Tell a friend. This HSG podcast episode was recorded LIVE in front of a studio (Twitch) audience. That's right! All episodes are live on stream now! Welcome back to the HSG Podcast! In this episode we meet the new squad, talk about the news and hit the mailbag. Key mentions in this episode are the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard and a pretty sizable update on upcoming titles! Mailbag questions highlight our biggest gaming disappointments since our last episode and our biggest most pleasantest surprises. Tune in. We can't wait to reconnect with you all! Connect with HSG at www.higherscoregaming.com and join our Discord!

On this episode, we spend some long-overdue QT with Jack Osorno, one of the biggest supporters of the HSG Podcast, since before it was even a thing! …He also happens to be a former team leader at Playstation who was saved DURING his time there. He talks about his journey, how his salvation affected his time at Playstation, and the amazing ways his faith and trust in God led him to even bigger and better things (like being his OWN developer). It’s really an amazing story! Of course you can trust us with all the other stuff too, Games with Gold and Playstation Plus titles reviewed for the month of June 2020, gaming news, including Playstation’s delayed PS5 feature, Minecraft Dungeons comes to Game Pass, PSO2 goes fully cross-play, and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode, HSG’s very own DonutMonkeyy joins us for some hijinx and discussion around ALL of the wonderful questions you’ve sent in through our community Discord’s mailbag over the past 30 days! Thanks as always for writing in! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

AKA Epidemiology via Warcraft? COVID-19. We could possibly be writing the story that defines our generation…BUT what if Blizzard already wrote a rough draft of that story? In a GAME… in 2005!? Come with us to find out! Of course we cover the big news: FF7’s remake is upon us, Hi-Rez’s Rogue Company gets teased, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is tearing up the charts, and more. Community events (We have the best community, thank you, members!). Free games discussions for both Xbox Games with Gold and Playstation Plus. And then our main segment where we discuss an event in 2005 that might foreshadow the outcome of COVID-19. Intrigued? So were we! We bring you all the details. Take a listen! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It’s time for some grins, everyone! Our community is SO awesome that we have enough questions and feedback every month to spend an entire episode of the having a ton of fun answering them on air! Best Easter egg in a game ever? Should the Christian gaming community be worried about the new “I am Jesus” title? What ripoffs of games are BETTER than the games they actually ripped off? These are just a FEW of the questions we answer on this first-ever Mailbag Episode of the HSG Podcast!!! Speaking of Easter Eggs...“Stay a while, and listen!” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

AKA “I’m the captain now!” On this episode, MKB attempts to take T-Rex’s signature catch phrase and is savagely punished by losing his host privileges for the entire episode. Our guest Grateful94 from the HSG community joins us as we cover highlights of gaming’s biggest news! Everyone is looking for Xur...EVERYONE. Fortnite makes less money than last year, but somehow manages to earn more than some actual countries. Will Apex ever make a top 10 list anywhere? Next-gen console information from Playstation and a discussion of the recent next-gen Xbox leaked images. Games with Gold, Playstation Plus titles, and a featured segment about not buying in to hype and playing what YOU want to play. By the time we’re done, you’re gonna be stoked about your new gaming freedom. Get on this crazy train with us! No camels were (severely) injured in the recording of this episode.

In this episode we tackle the big subjects...you know, what is the future of Google's newly released Stadia platform, is Valve really going to grace us with another Half-Life title, and does the future of virtual reality possibly promise a bunch of gamers that are super ripped? During Episode 10, HSG's NovaktheNoble joins us as we give you some recommendations for your game- and accessory-related shopping pleasure, some predictions on how many recent titles will perform during this year's rush on retail and as always we go to the mailbag...because we care!

Recorded live before a Twitch Audience! On this episode of Higher Score Gaming, the XII's Social and Worthy join us for some highly informative shenanigans. We round up all the reasons we're losing precious sleep over Bungie's first major content release in Destiny 2 since their separation from Activision. Let the game subscription battle commence! Games with Gold adds more games, Playstation Plus hits hard for the second month in a row, drops its price on Playstation Now, with streaming (Take that, Stadia!). We package all we know so far about why Gearbox may or may not deserve your fandom, and as always, we go to the mailbag to answer your questions, and disclaimer: No children were mauled by bears during the recording of this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

AKA "Unpopular Opinions?" In this episode we unpack Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, Shadowkeep and contrast it with Gearbox's Borderlands 3.  You may have enough money, but do you have enough time?  For those of us who don't have enough of one of these, a choice must be made.  We are hoping this episode helps you make yours!  We also go to the mailbag and tackle a series of questions from our community on some of our favorite things plus we take a hard look at capitalism.   YAY!   Join us for this episode.  The fun never ends. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

aka The episode that has nothing to do with James Bond News Features: The Nintendo “Bait and” Switch, coming soon, only one calorie! Cortana Runs Rampant No More Turbo Grafx 16 Retro Console Amazon becomes a publisher? …and others! In this episode the gang invites SocialGeekScene, leader of The XII, a Christian Destiny 2 Clan to kick around the merits of gaming TOGETHER!  Our main segment includes a super-sweet discussion of the games that make us come together and how some games really punish us when we don’t.  We announce the winner of our very first HSG Community Clutch App contest and we go to our mailbag in historic…nay, EPIC fashion as we answer your questions! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

AKA "Time Travel Ain't Easy" Buckle Up!  In this episode, the HSG Crew makes its most ambitious offering yet, as we break down ALL (not a typo) of E3 in one handy-dandy episode for your listening pleasure.  We also endeavor to amuse as we provide our first intentional comedy segment.  Let's face it, we were already hilarious, but this time we're doing it ON PURPOSE!  Ever wonder what it would be like if our forebears (NES Classic, Genesis, etc) were able to patch their games?  We break the time-space continuum and show you in our new segment, "Patch Notes from the 80's". Reviews appreciated as we continue to try and take over the world in our not-so-sinister plan to shine a light in the gaming community!

AKA "Sony Takes a Sick Day". We go WAY BIG on this episode and dive deep into this year's state of gaming and the hype wars that will continue to intensify as we approach E3 2019 in just a couple short weeks.  Is Sony playing 'silent but deadly' or just throwing in the towel before the match starts? We have a guest host this episode, Twitch streamer Keni Hill (https://www.twitch.tv/kenihill), a member of our treasured Discord community, and we are looking forward to some BIG changes in our content offerings!  We promised a big piece of news, and you'll find it here!  Plus since she's here, Nintendo gets the narrative it deserves, for once!!! We cover the following in our E3 roundup: Microsoft, Sony (eh?), Nintendo and the PC Gaming Show.  Publishers also get some love as we talk about what we expect to see from EA / Bioware, Bethesda, Square-Enix, Ubisoft and others.  We give you all the keynote dates and times so you can be prepped and ready to dial into E3 just when it tickles your fancy. As always, we give some love to our mailbag submitters (you guys make this thing work!  Thank you!) and we go out with a little bonus at the end :) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, T-Rex takes us through the low points and lower points of Microsoft’s new offering the XBox One All Digital Edition, Epic Games Acquires Psyonix, and the Steam Store is in for some legitimate competition for the first time ever(?) We tackle our biggest topic yet, and cover how to handle a situation where you’re in the company of a toxic gamer, whether it’s friend or foe, what do you do? We give practical advice you can actually use! We go to the mailbag and apparently our listeners wanted to take us to “Imagination Station” this week where we put ourselves in some crazy scenarios as ‘what-if’ developers. Spoiler: If we made games, you wouldn’t play them. Plus we sing! and go an entire episode without mentioning Bioware’s A***em!!!

In this episode we have TWINS! Two main segments, because they were just too good to pass up. In the news we cover: more scandalous Anthem discoveries, the EA Layoff, the Reveal of Borderlands 3, Fortnite ‘fortnites’ (verb) another feature from Apex and April’s Games with Gold and PS+ titles. T-Rex dons his professor’s cap and takes us through the DMCA’s take on whether or not you actually “own” that game. Spoiler: You don’t. He teaches us why and we address the ethics of ROM’s and ISO’s. We hit 10 titles that looked good in the marketing mats but didn’t deliver either as promised or expected. What can we learn from these titles to help us prevent bad pre-orders in the future? We also go into our mailbag for even MORE questions that are on your minds. Come on in and stay awhile!

In this episode, we cover huge news including Google’s announcement of their new game streaming service, Stadia, send shoutouts to our Discord community participants from recent community plays, and then dive into a speed-review of all AAA releases in 2019 so far, setting the hype aside so you can decide where to spend your time and money with everything that has dropped over the past 3 months! …and as always, we get into our mailbag and answer some pretty awesome questions this time around. Have a listen and let us blow your mind-socks off!

In this Episode, T-Rex takes us through the Division 2 Beta, Pr0ph3t shares comedic views on this week’s Games with Gold, and Bob gives his sidearm to grandma (as a public service of course). We revived him moments later, but it was too late…His loot was gone. We also go to the mailbag and answer some awesome questions from our listeners.

In this episode, we cover all the pre-content for you so you can get to know the show. In Episode 1, we are going to get straight into the good stuff! Games Discussed in this Episode: Anthem, Final Fantasy, AO Tennis, Destiny, Apex Legends, Trials, The Division, Super Mario Brothers 3